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...direct-flight deal was reached by two semi-official bodies representing Beijing and Taipei in their touchy diplomatic contacts: Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. The two sides hadn't met since 1999, when Taiwan's then-President Lee Teng-hui's offended China by referring to their relations as "state-to-state." China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway territory and bristles at any reference to it as a sovereign government. "The resumption of talks is always encouraging," says Andrew Yang, head of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced...
...well and we seem to be going in the right direction.” “I think everyone ended on a positive note, and everyone that’s carrying over to next year is really excited for the coming season,” Alpine captain Alex Teng said. At the close of the season, Nordic head coach Peter Graves had high hopes for next season. “We have done some really serious recruiting for the men and we’re optimistic how that might turn out,” Graves said...
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...soon stand trial on the un-Jeffersonian charge of "inciting subversion of state power." His apparent crime: writing a statement saying that the skyscrapers and venues on display in Beijing from Aug. 8 to 24 rest on a foundation of "tears, imprisonment, torture and blood." Hu's co-author, Teng Biao, was plucked from the street by four men in plainclothes and interrogated for 41 hours. "Before they let me out," a shaky Teng explained to TIME's Simon Elegant, "they told me I should 'speak as little as possible...
...Harvard’s team total of 407. Also back in action was freshman Margie Thorp, who placed 36th in the slalom. Thorp’s return boded well for Harvard in the GS, as she finished second-fastest for the Crimson behind 48th place captain Alexandra Teng in the GS. Teng’s two runs combined for a time less than a second faster than Thorp, who finished 50th. Thorp added 32 tallies, while Teng gave 18. As the Alpine team finished on a high note, so did the Nordic. For the cross country women?...